Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack

FBI poster seeking information on violence at the Capitol Building published January 6, 2021

On January 6, 2021, supporters of then President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building, disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes to formalize Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 United States Presidential Election. By the end of the month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had opened more than 400 case files and issued more than 500 subpoenas and search warrants related to the riot. The FBI also created a website to solicit tips from the public specifically related to the riot and were especially assisted by the crowdsourced sleuthing group Sedition Hunters. By the end of 2021, 725 people had been charged with federal crimes. That number rose to 1,000 by the second anniversary of the attack, and to 1,200 by the third anniversary, at which point over 890 people had been found guilty of federal crimes. These federal cases are handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia (D.C.). State cases, of which there are fewer, are handled in the D.C. Superior Court.

Early on, the majority of charges filed against the rioters were for disorderly conduct and unlawful entry. Other charges include assault on law enforcement officers; trespassing; disrupting Congress; theft or other property crimes; weapons offenses; making threats; and conspiracy, including seditious conspiracy. Some criminal indictments are under seal.

In August 2023, Trump was indicted for his actions on and around January 6.

Criminal investigations

Days after the attack, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said he was specifically looking at whether to charge Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Mo Brooks with inciting the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol Building, and indicated that he might consider charging Donald Trump when he has left office. Calls for Trump to be prosecuted for inciting the crowd to storm the Capitol Building also were made in the aftermath of the event. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said, "We saw an unprecedented attack on our American democracy incited by the United States president. He must be held accountable. His constant and divisive rhetoric led to the abhorrent actions we saw today."

On January 7, 2021, Michael R. Sherwin, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said rioters could be charged with seditious conspiracy or insurrection. He further suggested that Trump could be investigated for comments he made to his supporters before they stormed the Capitol and that others who "assisted or facilitated or played some ancillary role" in the events could also be investigated. Former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe and inspector general David C. Williams stated Trump could face criminal charges for inciting the riot.

However, at first, according to the Washington Post,

"Capitol Police had for the most part let the rioters walk away. The task of identifying the thousands of attackers — let alone building cases against them — fell to a Justice Department whose leadership was in transition. William P. Barr had left his post as attorney general two weeks before the attack amid a growing rift with Trump. His successor, Jeffrey Rosen, held the office for less than a month, and Garland would not be sworn in until March 11. Biden’s pick to replace Sherwin as the U.S. attorney in D.C. would not take office for another 10 months."

Legal experts have stated that charging Trump with incitement would be difficult under Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), the Supreme Court ruling which established that for speech to be considered criminally inciting, it must have been intended to incite "imminent lawless action" and "likely to incite or produce such action".

On January 7, 2021, Michael Sherwin, interim U.S attorney for the District of Columbia, expressed willingness to charge any Capitol Police officer found to have assisted the rioters.

On February 10, 2021, CNN reported that the FBI, investigating the death of U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, was in the process of narrowing down a list of potential suspects. On February 26, the agency reportedly identified one suspect of focus, according to sources.

By March 11, 2021, when Merrick Garland was sworn in as U.S. Attorney General, investigators had identified 885 likely suspects and charged 278 rioters. At the time, Sherwin said "almost all" of the cases charged in federal court involved "significant federal felonies" with potential sentences between five and twenty years.

In March 2021, The New York Times reported that the FBI was investigating communications between an unnamed associate of the White House and an unnamed member of Proud Boys during the days prior to the incursion. The communications had been detected by examining cellphone metadata and were separate from previously known contacts between Roger Stone and Proud Boys.

On March 2, 2022, the congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack stated in a court filing that they had enough evidence for "a good-faith basis for concluding that the president and members of his campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy". In December 2022, the committee recommended President Trump, John Eastman, and potentially others be charged with four types of criminal acts. The congressional committee cannot open criminal investigations, but the Justice Department began investigating Trump and his allies for criminal attempts to overturn the election in early 2021.

On November 18, 2022, Garland named Jack Smith as special counsel to investigate the January 6 attack and Trump's handling of government documents. In August 2023, Trump was indicted for his actions on and around January 6.

Investigations into alleged foreign involvement and payments

On December 8, 2020, French programmer Laurent Bachelier gave around US$500,000 ($590,000 in current dollar terms) in bitcoin payments to alt-right figures and groups. About half of these funds went to Nick Fuentes, the leader of the online Groyper Army, who denied breaching the building. The day after the transfer, Bachelier killed himself. As of January 2021, the FBI is investigating whether any of this money financed illegal acts.

As of January 2021, the FBI was also investigating whether foreign adversaries of the U.S. – governments, organizations or individuals – provided financial support to people who attacked the Capitol.

Separately, a joint threat assessment issued by the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies said that "Russian, Iranian, and Chinese influence actors have seized the opportunity to amplify narratives in furtherance of their policy interest amid the presidential transition" and that these governments, through state actors, state media, and their proxies, used the riots to promote violence and extremism in the United States, denigrate American democracy, and in some instance promote conspiratorial claims.

Numbers of people involved

An FBI bus stop sign in Washington seeking information for violence at the Capitol

In February 2021, federal officials estimate that about ten thousand rioters entered the Capitol grounds; in December, the Secret Service and FBI have estimated that about 1,200 ultimately entered the building. By the following October, about 250 people were still wanted for assaulting police officers.

Charged

As early as February 2021, those charged included residents of 39 states and the District in Columbia. By January 6, 2022, one year after the attack, over 725 people had been charged for their involvement; that increased to more than 950 over the following year. A thousand people had been charged with federal crimes by the end of January 2023, two years after the attack, rising to more than 1,100 in August 2023. Three years after the attack, over 1200 had been charged.[1][2]

Guilty findings

As of October 13, 2021, more than 100 defendants had entered guilty pleas. By July 2023, 629 defendants had pleaded guilty, with 129 others going trial. Of the latter group, 87 were convicted of all charges, and 40 received mixed verdicts (convicted of at least one charge, and acquitted or a hung jury on at least one charge). Two were acquitted of all charges. As of June 2023, several hundred more were awaiting trial or sentencing.

Early Reaction

The day after the attack, the FBI and D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department asked the public for help identifying the rioters. Within three weeks, the FBI had received more than 200,000 digital media tips from the public. At least one person was harassed after being incorrectly identified as a participant in the riots by members of the public. His personal information had been doxed, and he reported receiving harassing phone calls and posts on social media.

On January 8, 2021, the Justice Department announced charges against 13 people in connection with the Capitol riot in federal district court, while more had been charged in the D.C. Superior Court. Three days later, the FBI and the Department of Justice were working to track down over 150 suspects. Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen instructed federal prosecutors to send all cases back to D.C. for prosecution.

On January 12, 2021, Steven D'Antuono from the FBI announced the agency's expectation to arrest hundreds of people in the coming months, as it sorts through the vast amount of evidence submitted by the public. The charge brought against most rioters would likely include accusations of sedition and conspiracy.

As of January 13, 2021, over 50 public sector employees and elected officials and over a dozen Capitol police officers were facing internal investigations to determine their possible complicity in the riot.

Demographics

According to a June 2022 estimate, about a third of defendants had ties to extremist or fringe movements, including the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, Patriot Front, Texas Freedom Force, Super Happy Fun America, Woodland Wild Dogs, and America First Bruins.

The majority, however, were not affiliated with a specific far-right group and had been more informally radicalized by right-wing websites, social media, or television. At least 15% had ties to the military or law enforcement. About 40% were business owners or white-collar workers; only 9% were unemployed. A Washington Post review of public records showed that of defendants with enough information to identify financial histories, almost 60% had experienced financial problems over the preceding 20 years. Some 18% had a past bankruptcy (nearly double the rate of the general public), 20% had prior eviction and foreclosure proceedings, 25% had been sued by a creditor for not paying money owed; and others had bad debt, delinquent taxes, or tax liens. Many clearly expressed a belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory. While the majority of those charged were men, 25 women were also charged. Among those whose age was known, the average age was 41 years; the youngest charged was 18, and the oldest was 81. Those who were arrested came from 47 states, with the largest numbers coming from Texas, New York, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania. At least 27 had previous criminal records, with at least nine having been previously accused of, or convicted of, committing violence against women (including one who had served five years in prison for rape and sexual battery), or had been the subject of domestic violence restraining orders. 90% of those arrested were White Americans. Filipino Americans, Cuban Americans, and Vietnamese Americans were the largest non-White groups arrested in the attack.

By the end of February 2021, CNN was aware of "nearly a dozen" defendants who admitted that, to their knowledge, the other Capitol rioters were all Trump supporters and that the riot had not been (as Trump's lawyers and some congressional Republicans had claimed) a left-wing "false-flag" performance to pin blame on Trump supporters. On March 2, 2021, FBI Director Chris Wray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that there was no evidence that the rioters had been faking their support for Trump.

Arguments raised by defendants

By the end of August 2021, according to CNN's tally, crowdfunding campaigns had raised over $2 million (~$2.22 million in 2023) (combined) for the legal defenses of dozens of defendants.

Inspired by Trump

In July 2023, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington published an analysis showing that 174 defendants said they believed they were following Trump's request.

Examples

In the first few weeks, several defendants had already used the comments of President Trump in their legal defenses. One said, "I feel like I was basically following my president. I was following what we were called to do."

A month after the riot, an ABC News investigation found that, of about two hundred accused individuals facing federal charges, at least fifteen had claimed that they acted based on Trump's encouragement. A person who threatened to assassinate Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the riot said: "I believed I was following the instructions of former President Trump. I also left Washington and started back to Texas immediately after President Trump asked us to go home." In February 2021, a lawyer for Jacob Angeli told CNN that Trump had inspired the attack using "Trump Talk" and propaganda. Angeli hung on Trump's every word as did millions of other Americans, the lawyer said, adding that Angeli's experience in police custody resembled being deprogrammed from a cult.

In January 2022, The New York Times reported that federal prosecutors were asking defense attorneys of indicted rioters if their clients would admit in sworn statements that they stormed the Capitol believing Trump wanted them to stop Pence from certifying the election. One member of Proud Boys who pleaded guilty said he had conspired with other members to "send a message to legislators and Vice President Pence." Another rioter stated in her guilty plea that she marched on the Capitol specifically after hearing Trump encourage Pence to "do the right thing." In April 2022, a defense lawyer for one of the rioters told jurors that Trump had been "using his position to authorize this assault."

Before their trials, Stewart Rhodes and several Oath Keeper defendants who participated in the insurrection sought to use a "public authority" defense arguing that they should be immune from criminal liability because they relied on Trump's orders. (Such a defense is also called "entrapment-by-estoppel"). U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, in ruling on pretrial motions, barred the defendants from raising such a defense, noting that Trump had no authority to call the defendants to action on January 6.

Aggravated by police or by leftists

The Justice Department said that James Little, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, "blamed D.C. and Capitol Police for antagonizing the crowd, [and] blamed supporters of Antifa and Black Lives Matter for leading supporters of the former President to commit violence".

Ignorance

By February 2021, at least 39 criminal defendants claimed in court filings that they believed that they were free to enter the Capitol during the riot, as law enforcement officers did not attempt to stop them from entering and never told them they were not allowed to enter the building.

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli (a New Jersey right-wing extremist who had previously dressed as Hitler), was the fifth January 6 defendant to go to a jury trial. He testified in his May 2022 trial that he was an "idiot" who had not known that Congress met at the Capitol, despite having also testified that he was a "history buff" who closely tracked the electoral college process. The jury convicted him on all counts, and after the verdict was rendered Judge Trevor N. McFadden said he would consider giving a sentencing enhancement to him because of the "highly dubious" nature of his testimony. At the September 2022 sentencing hearing in which he was sentenced to four years, McFadden said that Hale-Cusanelli had lied under oath, telling him, "You absolutely knew what you and others were doing."

Exempt from U.S. law

Taylor James Johnatakis said he accepted “full liability” for leading a crowd of rioters, but he did not plead guilty, claiming that he was a “sovereign citizen” to whom U.S. law did not apply.

Guilty

Pamela Hemphill pled guilty to demonstrating in a Capitol building. In May 2022, she was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 36 months' probation. In 2023, Trump publicly claimed her sentence was harsh. In response, she tweeted: "I pleaded guilty because I was guilty!" She told reporters: "It's a struggle trying to get away from gaslighting, Trump's narcissism and all the tactics they use... It was scary to leave the cult."

On October 16, 2023, William Chrestman, a Proud Boys member, pled guilty to obstructing a congressional proceeding and to threatening to assault a federal officer.

Trump's consideration of presidential pardon

Several, including Jacob Angeli, reportedly hoped for Presidential pardons before Trump left office. During the two weeks following the attack and before he left office, Trump seriously considered a blanket pardon. It was deemed unfeasible because it would apply to a large, undefined group of people, many of whom had not yet been charged nor even identified. Concern was also expressed that White House counsel Pat Cipollone might quit if Trump were to attempt a blanket pardon. On January 29, 2022, when over 760 people had been charged, Trump said at a Texas rally that he would be inclined to pardon the rioters if he were reelected in 2024. He repeated the promise at a Tennessee rally in June 2022. In November, four days before the midterm elections, he said: "Let them all go now!" On May 10, 2023, he said he would be "inclined to pardon many of them" while hedging by saying "a couple of them, probably, they got out of control." On September 15, 2023, he said in an interview that aired two days later: "I’m going to look at them, and I certainly might [pardon them] if I think it’s appropriate."

Representative Adam Schiff, who serves on the House committee investigating the attack, told MSNBC in February 2022 that Trump's offer of pardons suggests that he "condoned" the violence. Representative Pete Aguilar, who is also on the committee, told CNN the same day that he considers Trump's offer to be witness tampering.

Notable charges

Interim United States Attorney Michael R. Sherwin holds a press conference on criminal charges related to the events at the Capitol

Donald Trump

These paragraphs are an excerpt from Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case).[edit]

On August 1, 2023, a grand jury indicted Trump in the District of Columbia U.S. District Court on four charges for his conduct following the 2020 presidential election through the January 6 Capitol attack: conspiracy to defraud the United States under Title 18 of the United States Code, obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, and conspiracy against rights under the Enforcement Act of 1870. The indictment mentioned six unnamed co-conspirators. It is Trump's third indictment and the first indictment against a U.S. president concerning actions while in office. Trump appeared at an arraignment on August 3, where he pleaded not guilty. The charge with the longest sentence carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.

On February 2, 2024, Judge Tanya Chutkan said she would not schedule a trial until the DC Circuit Court of Appeals decides whether Trump is immune from prosecution. On February 6, a panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that Trump is not immune. The case was then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments on April 25, 2024.

Seditious conspiracy

Main article: Planning of the January 6 United States Capitol attack

On March 2, 2022, Oath Keeper Joshua James pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy, admitting in his plea that "from November 2020 through January 2021, he conspired with other Oath Keeper members and affiliates to use force to prevent, hinder and delay the execution of the laws of the United States governing the transfer of presidential power." Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs, also of the Oath Keepers, were found guilty of seditious conspiracy on November 29, 2022. Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years and Meggs to 12 years.

On June 6, 2022, five members of the Proud Boys—their leader Enrique Tarrio, together with Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean and Dominic Pezzola—were indicted for seditious conspiracy. On May 4, 2023, all but Pezzola were convicted. A few months later, they were sentenced. Pezzola was sentenced on September 1, 2023.

List of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members sentenced for seditious conspiracy

Defendant	Age	Affiliation	Residency	Plead	Recommended sentence	Prison sentence
Enrique Tarrio	38	Proud Boys	Miami, FL	Not guilty	33 years	22 years
Joseph Biggs	38		Ormond Beach, FL		33 years	17 years
Zachary Rehl	36		Philadelphia, PA		30 years	15 years
Ethan Nordean	31		Auburn, WA		27 years	18 years
Dominic Pezzola	45		Rochester, NY		20 years	10 years
Stewart Rhodes	56	Oath Keepers	Granbury, TX		25 years	18 years
Kelly Meggs	54		Dunnellon, FL		21 years	12 years

Obstruction of an official proceeding

See also: Fischer v. United States

In March 2022, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols ruled that the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding (18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)) must be limited to alleged tampering with documents. However, in April 2023, an appellate court reversed this decision, so documents need not have been part of an alleged crime for a defendant to be charged with obstruction. In December 2023, the Supreme Court said it would review this ruling. (By that point, over 150 Capitol rioters had been convicted of this charge or had pleaded guilty to it.) It is expected that the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the spring of 2024 and decide in the summer of 2024.

As the obstruction charge is one of the four charges against Donald Trump in the federal prosecution related to the 2020 election, a Supreme Court case about the validity of the obstruction charge could delay Trump's trial, currently scheduled for March 4, 2024.

Other

Most defendants face "two class-B misdemeanor counts for demonstrating in the Capitol and disorderly conduct, and two class-A misdemeanor counts for being in a restricted building and disruptive activity", according to BuzzFeed, and therefore most plea deals address those misdemeanors. Some defendants have been additionally charged with felonies. A year after the attack, of the approximately 277 rioters sentenced to prison for January 6 crimes, the median sentence was 60 days; those who had committed crimes of violence generally received longer incarceration. Other punishments include home detention, fines, probation, and community service.

On January 9, 2024, Carlos Ayala, a Maryland elections official, was arrested. He was charged with civil disorder (a felony) as well as misdemeanors for allegedly sticking a pole with a “We the People” flag through a Senate wing window in the direction of officers inside. He resigned his job two days after his arrest.

On February 2, 2024, Ryan Samsel, James Grant, Stephen Randolph, Paul Johnson and Jason Blythe were convicted of felony civil disorder. During the riot, Samsel spoke with Joe Biggs and Ray Epps, knocked Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards unconscious, and instigated the breach of the Capitol.

Notable sentences

On March 8, 2022, the first criminal trial involving one of the rioters, Guy Reffitt, ended with a jury conviction. Reffitt was subsequently sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison.

On August 11, 2022, Thomas Robertson was also sentenced to seven years and three months in prison.

On August 26, 2022, Howard Richardson was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He had struck a police officer three times with a flagpole, hard enough to break the flagpole. He had been arrested in November 2021 and had pleaded guilty in April 2022.

On September 1, 2022, Thomas Webster was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

On September 22, 2022, Timothy Hale-Cusanelli was sentenced to four years in prison.

On October 27, 2022, Albuquerque Cosper Head was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison. He had dragged Metropolitan Police Department officer Mike Fanone into the mob.

On December 5, 2022, Suzanne Ianni was sentenced to 15 days in prison for disorderly conduct. Ianni was formerly an elected member of the town meeting of Natick, Massachusetts, a member of Super Happy Fun America, and organizer of a Boston Straight Pride Parade.

On December 9, 2022, Ronald Sandlin was sentenced to more than five years and three months in prison. Sandlin followed the QAnon ideology. He and two other men had driven from Tennessee to Washington, DC in a rental car filled with weapons, and he had assaulted police officers. He had pled guilty.

On January 6, 2023, Jerod Wade Hughes was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison. As the eighth rioter to enter the Capitol, he climbed into the building through a broken window and helped kick open the Senate wing door so others could enter. He had pled guilty.

On January 27, 2023, Julian Khater was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison. He used pepper spray to assault Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died the next day after suffering strokes.

On February 9, 2023, Kevin Seefried was sentenced to three years in prison. He carried a Confederate flag through the Capitol and used the flagpole to fend off a police officer.

On March 14, 2023, Tristan Chandler Stevens was sentenced to five years in prison. He assaulted police officers while attempting to break into the Capitol.

On March 23, 2023, Riley June Williams was sentenced to three years in prison. She stole the laptop of Nancy Pelosi with the intent on selling it to Russian foreign intelligence services and attempted to wipe all evidence of her crimes, after bragging about her involvement, in the days following the assault.

On April 11, 2023, Robert Sanford was sentenced to four years and four months in prison. He hit two police officers in the head with a fire extinguisher and threw a traffic cone at another officer.

On April 14, 2023, Vincent J. Gillespie was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison. He grabbed a police shield from officers, rammed it into them and pulled another officer into the mob of protestors.

On April 14, 2023, Patrick McCaughey III was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison. He crushed a police officer in a doorframe with a riot shield.

On April 28, 2023, Jeffrey Scott Brown was sentenced to four years and six months in prison. He assaulted police with pepper spray.

On May 5, 2023, Peter Schwartz was sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison. He sprayed a "super soaker" canister of pepper spray at retreating officers. He had 38 prior convictions over the previous 30 years.

On May 24, 2023, Richard Barnett was sentenced to four years and six months in prison. He had carried a stun gun into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, propped his foot up on a desk, and bragged about stealing an envelope from the office.

On May 25, 2023, Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison. He was charged with seditious conspiracy, receiving an increased sentence due to his actions being ruled as terrorism by U.S. District Judge, Amit Mehta. Rhodes was the founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist militia, and was the first to be convicted of seditious conspiracy and terrorism in relation to the attack.

On May 25, 2023, Kelly Meggs was sentenced to 12 years in prison. A leader of the Oath Keepers' Florida chapter, Meggs was charged with seditious conspiracy for his role during the attack.

On May 26, 2023, Jessica Watkins was sentenced to eight years and six months and Kenneth Harrelson was sentenced to four years in prison. Both convicts were members of the Oath Keepers, with Watkins' crimes including merging her local Ohio armed group with the Oath Keepers in 2020, and Harrelson serving as the right-hand man to Kelly Meggs, leader of the Florida chapter.

On June 21, 2023, Daniel Rodriguez was sentenced to 12 years and seven months.

On July 7, 2023, Barry Bennet Ramey was sentenced to five years in prison. He was connected to the Proud Boys and pepper-sprayed police in the face.

On July 13, 2023, Kyle Fitzsimons was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison. He attacked Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell and D.C. Police Sgt. Phuson Nguyen. While in the mob, Fitzsimons was hit by another rioter and received a bloody head wound that later required staples.

On July 14, 2023, Audrey Ann Southard-Rumsey was sentenced to six years in prison. Brandishing a flagpole, she knocked over a police officer.

On July 24, 2023, Peter Stager was sentenced to four years and four months in prison. He beat a police officer, Blake Miller, with a flagpole.

On July 28, 2023, Thomas Sibick was sentenced to four years and two months in prison. He stole Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone's badge and radio.

On August 17, 2023, Michael Steven Perkins was sentenced to four years in prison. He attacked officers with a flagpole. His co-defendant, Joshua Christopher Doolin, was sentenced to one year and six months.

On August 29, 2023, Brandon Fellows was sentenced to five months for criminal contempt of court. This was related to his behavior during trial and is separate from whether the jury will convict him of the charges against him.

On August 31, 2023, Joe Biggs was sentenced to seventeen years in prison and Zachary Rehl was sentenced to fifteen years for seditious conspiracy and other charges.

On September 1, 2023, Dominic Pezzola was sentenced to ten years in prison for various charges relating to smashing a window in the U.S. Capitol.

On September 5, 2023, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years for his role in organizing the attack. This is the longest sentence associated with the attack delivered to date.

On September 22, 2023, Jonathan Munafo was sentenced to 33 months followed by 36 months of supervised release. He punched a cop, stole the cop's riot shield, and struck a Capitol office window with two poles. He pleaded guilty.

On October 17, 2023, Ryan Kelley, who in 2022 had been a leading Republican candidate for Michigan governor, was sentenced to 60 days in jail. He shouted "This is war, baby!" while encouraging rioters.

On October 17, 2023, Rachel Powell, a mother of eight, was sentenced to 57 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release. She had carried an axe and a wooden pole. The Justice Department describes her as "one of the first rioters to break through onto Capitol grounds near the Peace Circle."

On November 3, 2023, Federico Klein, a former State Department appointee of Trump, was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison. He assaulted police officers.

On November 29, 2023, Nathan Pelham was sentenced to 24 months. Initially charged with four misdemeanor counts for entering the Capitol, he had agreed to surrender. On the scheduled day for his surrender, he called police to say that his son was suicidal, and when police arrived at his home for a welfare check, he shot at them.

On December 7, 2023, Alan Hostetter was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months. Hostetter is a former California police chief who gave speeches calling for others' execution the day before the Capitol attack and then brought a hatchet and tactical gear to the Capitol.

On December 15, 2023, Anthony Sargent, a Proud Boy from Florida, was sentenced to five years in prison. He threw a rock at the Capitol doors.

On January 9, 2024, Ray Epps was sentenced to probation. He had been arrested the previous September and had been charged with disorderly and disruptive conduct. He told the judge that he realizes that the election was not stolen, that he knows that Trump supporters carried out the attack, and that he feels remorse for his participation. After the riot, Epps became the center of conspiracy theories; he is suing Fox News and Tucker Carlson for defamation.

On January 24, 2024, Marc Bru was sentenced to six years. He marched with the Proud Boys, shoved a barricade against a police officer, and spent about 13 minutes inside the Capitol, entering the Senate gallery. Just before being sentenced, he called the judge a "clown" and said: "I’d do it all over again."

List of cases

A list of Capitol breach cases is being kept updated by the US Attorney's Office, District of Columbia. BuzzFeed has a searchable table of the plea deals.

By February 1, 2021, 228 people from 39 states and D.C. had been charged with federal or D.C. offences or both. By early September, there were over 600 federal defendants, 10% of whom had pled guilty. By October 13, there were 100 guilty pleas. By the second anniversary of the attack, nearly 1,000 people had been federally charged.

According to Politico, dozens of defendants "deemed to be dangerous, flight risks or at high risk of obstructing justice were ordered held without bond. D.C. jail officials later determined that all Capitol detainees would be placed in so-called restrictive housing." Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized this decision, referring to it as solitary confinement, which she argued "is a form of punishment that is cruel and psychologically damaging."

Arrest date	Name	Charges	Pleas	Judgment	Notes
January 7, 2021	Christopher Michael Alberts	Federal: Civil Disorder; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Ground with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Unlawful Possession of a Firearm on Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Carrying a Pistol Without a License Outside Home or Place of Business; Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device	Not Guilty – all charges.	Sentenced to 84 months in prison after being convicted of nine charges—including six felonies—as well as 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000	A former Virginia National Guard member, Alberts, 35, of Pylesville, Maryland, wore body armor, gas mask, military gear, and was armed with a 9-millimeter pistol — loaded with hollow point and high-pressure rounds — and brought an extra magazine of ammunition on Jan. 6th. Alberts was the first rioter to reach the northwest steps outside the Capitol and he used a wooden pallet as a makeshift battering ram against police officers who were guarding a stairwell outside the Capitol.
	Ryan Keith Ashlock	Federal: Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds and Carrying a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon	Guilty to one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds	Sentenced to 70 days in jail and a $500 fine
	Robert Ballesteros	Federal: Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – the single charge.	Sentenced to 36 months' probation, 40 hours of community service, and $500 restitution.
January 29, 2021	Dawn Bancroft	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, and Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed.	In July 2022, she was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 3 years' probation, and 100 hours of community service.	The 59-year-old woman from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and Bucks County gym owner, who recorded a video during the attack on Jan 6 mentioning doing her part in breaking into the Capitol. In the video, not posted to social media or "meant for mass distribution", she remarked about the goal of shooting House Speaker Pelosi "in the friggin' brain" while exiting the building, after being inside for about a minute. The video was forwarded to the FBI by an acquaintance of Bancroft's. There was no evidence that privately she, or friend Santos-Smith, possessed a gun on their person on the day of the attack. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Murphy did not pursue charges of threatening a member of Congress. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan accepted the pleas from both Bancroft and Santos-Smith, despite initial reservations.
	Richard Franklin Barnard III	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol	Guilty – one count of: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The remaining charges were dismissed.	Sentenced to 12 months' probation, 30 days of home confinement, 60 hours of community service, and $500 restitution.
January 8, 2021	Richard Barnett	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building; Theft of Government Property (an envelope which has a value of less than $1,000)	Guilty – all charges.	4.5 years in prison. 3 years supervised release. $2,000 fine.	A 60-year-old man from Gravette, Arkansas. He was photographed with his feet on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk during the attack. He was extradited to DC to face trial and jailed by federal judge Beryl Howell on January 28, 2021. His trial began on January 10, 2023. He was found guilty, and sentenced on May 24, 2023.
	Kevin Sam Blakely	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed.	Sentenced to 120 days in jail, 18 months' probation, and $500 in restitution
January 10, 2021	Larry Rendall Brock	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining on the Floor of Congress; Disorderly Conduct in a Captiol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings and Aiding and Abetting	Guilty – all charges	24 months in prison; two years of probation; 100 hours of community service; $2,000 restitution	53-year-old retired Air Force lieutenant colonel from Grapevine, Texas. One of the two men seen carrying plastic handcuffs as they moved through the Capitol, he was wearing a tactical vest and a green combat helmet. Brock had previously identified himself to The New Yorker and claimed he "found the zip-tie handcuffs on the floor".
	Terry Lee Brown	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed.	Sentenced to 30 days of home detention and three years of probation
January 19, 2021	Thomas Edward Caldwell	Federal: Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Tampering with Documents or Proceedings	Not Guilty – all charges		Member of Oath Keepers. One of the three who were indicted for conspiracy for planning their activities, alongside Jessica Watkins and Donovan Crowl. Found guilty on 29 November 2022 of obstruction of an official proceeding, and tampering with documents or proceedings.
	Boyd Allen Camper	Federal: Knowingly Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Knowingly Engaging in Disorderly or Disruptive Conduct in Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Disorderly or Disruptive Conduct on the Capitol Buildings or Grounds; Parading ... in Capitol Buildings	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in Capitol Buildings. The other charges have been dropped.	Sentenced to 60 days in jail and $500 restitution
	Jeramiah Ray Caplinger	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building; Stepping, Climbing, Removing, or Injuring Property on the Capitol Grounds	Guilty – one charge: Stepping, Climbing, Removing, or Injuring Property on the Capitol Grounds. The other charges are dismissed.	Sentenced to 35 days in jail, followed by 24 months of probation, 60 hours of community service, $500 restitution.
January 9, 2021	Jacob Anthony Chansley (Jake Angeli; QAnon Shaman)	Federal: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding. The other charges were dropped. (September 3, 2021)	41 months in jail. Date: November 17, 2021	Pictured in many widely shared photos shirtless, wearing facepaint and a horned fur headdress, and carrying a spear. Angeli's lawyer claimed that Angeli believed himself to have acted "at the invitation of our president," since Trump had stated at the rally that he would accompany protesters to the Capitol (though he ultimately did not), and that Trump therefore ought to pardon Angeli directly. On January 14 prosecutors alleged that his participation was part of a failed plot "to capture and assassinate elected officials." On July 20, 2023, a judge rejected his request to have his conviction thrown out.
February 25, 2021	Luke Russell Coffee	Federal: Civil Disorder; Assaulting ... Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Not Guilty – all charges		Actor, resident of Dallas, accused of assaulting police officers with a crutch. He was hiding out for six weeks at a luxury resort in the Texas Hill Country, whose owner was sympathetic to the rioters and described them on social media as being victims of a media smear campaign.
January 6, 2021	Lonnie Leroy Coffman	Federal: Possession of an Unregistered Firearm [11 Molotov cocktails]; Carrying a Pistol Without a License (outside home or place of business) [9mm Smith & Wesson handgun, .22 caliber North American arms revolver, 9mm Hi-Point handgun]; Carrying a Rifle or Shotgun (Outside Home or Place of Business) [Windham Weaponry rifle, Hatfield Gun Company SAS shotgun]; Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device; Unlawful Possession of Ammunition [.22 caliber rounds, 9mm rounds, 5.56 x 45mm rounds, .223 caliber rounds, shotgun shells]	Not Guilty – all charges	In April 2022, he was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.	70-year-old resident of Falkville, Alabama. He allegedly parked a pickup truck two blocks from the Capitol containing eleven homemade incendiary devices (described as "Mason jars filled with homemade napalm" intended to "stick to the target and continue to burn" in court filings), an AR-15 style rifle, a shotgun, two pistols, a crossbow, a stun gun, and camo smoke canisters. Court documents said that upon being stopped by police, the man "asked officers whether they had located the bombs", and prosecutors also "suggest[ed] an intent to provide [weapons] to others". Authorities also found handwritten notes listing "purported contact information" for Ted Cruz (R), Fox News host Sean Hannity, and radio host Mark Levin, as well as a list of "bad guys" including Seventh Circuit judge David Hamilton and Rep. André Carson (D–IN), who was referred to as "one of two Muslims in the House".
	Josiah Colt	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding. The other charges are dismissed. (July 14, 2021)	He has agreed to cooperate with authorities. Sentenced to 15 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,000	34-year-old man from Boise, Idaho, photographed hanging from the Senate balcony during the rampage, was listed as a person of interest by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia; he deleted his social media accounts following the riots, and issued an apology.
	Kevin Francisco Cordon	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds. The other charges were dismissed.	Sentenced to 12 months' probation, 100 hours of community service, $4,000 fine, $500 restitution
	Sean Carlo Cordon	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed.	Sentenced to one month probation and a $4,000 fine
	Gracyn Dawn Courtright	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds; Parading ... in a Capitol Building; Theft of Government Property (less than $1,000) [a sign]	Guilty – one charge: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds. The other charges were dismissed.	Sentenced to one month in prison, supervised release for one-year, 60 hours of community service, and $500 in restitution
	Dalton Ray Crase	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed.	Sentenced to three years of probation, 15 days of confinement, 60 hours of community service and $500 in restitution
January 19, 2021	Donovan Ray Crowl	Federal: Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting	Not Guilty – all charges	Convicted of conspiracy and civil disorder	Member of Oath Keepers. One of the three who were indicted for conspiracy for planning their activities, alongside Jessica Watkins and Thomas Edward Caldwell.
	Karl Dresch	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed.	Time Served (6 months) with no term of supervised release imposed. Special Assessment of $10 and Restitution in the amount of $500 was imposed. Defendant was released. Date: August 5, 2021	Remained in custody until he pled guilty to a misdemeanor and was released due to time served.
	Scott Kevin Fairlamb	Federal: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading ... in a Capitol Building; Stepping, Climbing, Removing, or Injuring Property on the Capitol Grounds	Guilty – two felony charges: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; and Assaulting ... Certain Officers. The other charges are dismissed. (August 6, 2021)	41 months in jail. Date: November 10, 2021	Gym owner and martial arts instructor from New Jersey. First participant to plead guilty to assaulting a Metro DC Police officer (along with Devlyn D. Thompson). His sentence was the longest of the 32 sentences issued up to that point.
February 4, 2021	Kyle Fitzsimons	Obstruction of an official proceeding; four counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers, including two involving a dangerous weapon or bodily injury; one count of interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, and one count of engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol Building or grounds; and committing an act of violence in the Capitol Building or grounds	Not Guilty – all charges	Found guilty of all charges on September 27, 2022, following a bench trial. Sentenced to 87 months.
	Samuel Christopher Fox	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in the Capitol.	Sentenced to 36 months of probation, including 60 days' home detention, $2,500 fine, $500 restitution
January 13, 2021	Jacob Fracker	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds	Not Guilty – all charges; later guilty to superseding information.	12 months of probation, 59 days on home detention, 120 hours of community service, $2,000 restitution.	One of the two police officers belonging to Virginia's Rocky Mount Police Department who allegedly attended the riot off-duty and posted a picture of themselves inside the Capitol on social media, writing they were "willing to actually put skin in the game and stand up for their rights".
April 23, 2021	Kevin Louis Galetto	Federal: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers	Sentenced to 27 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000	61-year-old engineer and conservative activist from Westminster, California, arrested by the Los Angeles office of the FBI on charges that include the assault of a police officer during the January 6 riot. According to the FBI's charging documents, the suspect allegedly called for more rioters to enter the tunnel of the Capitol before entering himself, where he engaged in a confrontation with a Capitol Police officer whose body camera captured the man. The scuffle resulted in the officer being knocked down and losing his helmet.
January 15, 2021	Tim Gionet ("Baked Alaska")	Federal: Knowingly Entering ... Restricted Building or grounds without Lawful Entry; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds	Pleaded guilty to one count of parading. demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol building	Two months in jail, a $2,000 fine and $500 in restitution	Far-right activist, arrested by the FBI in Houston, Texas.
January 18, 2021	Simone Gold	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges	60 days in prison, 12 months’ supervised release, $9,500 fine, $500 restitution	Physician, attorney, author, and founder of America's Frontline Doctors, an American right-wing political organization known for spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. Arrested at her home in Beverly Hills, California.
	Mark Grods	Federal: Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting	Guilty – Conspiracy and Obstruction Of An Official Proceeding. (June 30, 2021)		Third member of the Oath Keepers to plead guilty for his role in the riot.
	Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli	Federal: Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges	Found guilty of all charges in a jury trial. Sentenced to 48 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and $2,000 restitution.
	Bruce J. Harrison	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed.	Sentenced to two years of probation and 60 hours of community service
	Albuquerque Cosper Head	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Civil Disorder; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Pleaded guilty to assaulting officer Michael Fanone	Sentenced to 90 months in prison
	Jacob Gavin Hiles	Federal: Knowingly Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Knowingly, With Intent to Impede Government Business or Official Functions, Engaging in Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds; Parading ... in the Capitol Buildings	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in the Capitol Buildings.	Sentenced on December 6, 2021, to 24 months of probation, 60 hours of community service, and $500 restitution.
	Paul Allard Hodgkins	Federal: Obstructing or Impeding Any Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Knowingly Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority and Impeding or Disrupting Official Functions; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in Capitol Buildings	Guilty – Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; The other charges were dismissed.	8 months in prison and 24 months of supervised release; $100 special assessment; and $2,000 restitution. Date: July 19, 2021	The judge said: "That was not, by any stretch of the imagination, a protest.... It was ... an assault on democracy;" and: "If we allow people to storm the United States Capitol, what are we doing to preserve our democracy?" This sentence was less than the 15-month sentence recommended by the prosecution.
January 9, 2021	Douglas Austin Jensen	Federal: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting ... Certain Officers or Employees; Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges	Found guilty of all charges and sentenced to 5 years in prison	Seen in a video aggressively leading a mob up the stairs to the second floor of the Capitol. The mob was diverted by Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman, who was awarded for this act.
January 8, 2021	Adam Christian Johnson	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building		Sentenced to 75 days in jail, followed by a year of supervised release, 200 hours of community service, a $5,000 fine, and $500 in restitution.	36-year-old man from Parrish, Florida, who was photographed carrying a lectern from Nancy Pelosi's office. The Miami Herald reported he had posted on social media comments that "disparaged the Black Lives Matter movement" and police "who defend First Amendment protected rights".
January 16, 2021	Chad Barrett Jones	Federal: Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property Exceeding $1,000; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly ... Restricted Building with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Building; Parading ... in Capitol	Not Guilty – all charges		42-year-old man from Coxs Creek, Kentucky, accused of breaking the window that Ashli Babbitt tried climbing through before being shot. He was arrested in Louisville charged with assaulting a federal officer, destroying government property worth over $1,000, unlawfully entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct. Per the affidavit, he is seen in a video wearing a gray sock cap and a jacket with a red hood, striking at the window with a wooden flagpole. A relative identified him to the FBI, stating that he had gone to a Trump rally in Washington, D.C. in the past too and learnt of his plans for travel through Facebook. The affidavit also states the man admitted to a friend on January 7 that he had broken a window.
March 26, 2021	David Lee Judd	Federal: Assaulting ... Certain Officers and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting ... Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Civil Disorder; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Not Guilty – all charges	32 months’ incarceration, 24 months’ supervised release, $2,000 restitution	35-year-old man from Carrollton, Texas. Court documents show him wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat; he was seen on video handling riot gear that had been stolen from police and verbally instructing others to continue dispersing them. He is also accused of lighting and throwing a firecracker at police.
January 14, 2021	Klete Keller	Federal: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding.		Former Olympic gold medalist swimmer. He turned himself in to officials. He had been identified by his height, 6 ft 6 in (198 cm), and by wearing an official US Olympic team jacket without obscuring his face.
March 14, 2021	Julian Elie Khater	Federal: Conspiracy to Impede or Injure an Officer; Assault on a Federal Officer with a Dangerous Weapon and Aiding and Abetting; Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Causing Significant Bodily Injury; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Causing Significant Bodily Injury; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Causing Significant Bodily Injury: Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Guilty — two counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon	Sentenced to 80 months in prison with credit for time served.	32-year-old man from Pennsylvania charged in connection with the death of Brian Sicknick. He and another man, who had grown up together in New Jersey, worked together to spray the officers with a toxic chemical that temporarily blinded them. On January 27, 2023, he was sentenced to 80 months.
March 5, 2021	Federico Guillermo Klein	Federal: Assaulting ... Certain Officers and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting ... Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Civil Disorder; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Not Guilty – all charges	Guilty	A former U.S. State Department official, appointed during the Trump administration. The first known Trump administration official to be tried in relation to the events of January 6. According to his arrest affidavit, the suspect allegedly fought a line of police officers and used a police-issued riot shield to wedge an entrance open for other rioters.
January 13, 2021	Kevin James Lyons	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting	Not Guilty – all charges	Sentenced to 51 months in prison after being convicted of six charges: one felony and five misdemeanors. He was also given 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $2,000 to the Architect of the Capitol.	Lyons, 40, of Chicago, IL, filmed himself as he walked around the House Speaker’s office and took a picture of himself reflected in a mirror. Lyons approached a coat hanging on a rack, removed a wallet from the jacket, and placed it inside his hooded zip-up pocket. After leaving the Capitol in a rideshare, Lyons posed for a photo holding a stolen framed photograph that he had taken from the House Speaker’s office. The framed photograph was never recovered.
October 7, 2021	James Phillip Mault	Federal: Assaulting ... Certain Officers using a Dangerous Weapon or Inflicting Bodily Injury; Civil Disorder; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings		Sentenced to 44 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution.	Specialist; joined the Army in May 2021. Arrested at Fort Liberty and charged with multiple violent crimes. Accused of pepper-spraying law enforcement.
	Brian P. McCreary	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disordelry and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disordelry Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds. The other charges are dismissed.	Sentenced to 36 months of probation, including 42 days of intermittent incarceration and two months of home detention, $2,500 fine, $500 restitution
January 7, 2021	Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr.	Federal and DC: Interstate Communication of Threats; Possession of Unregistered Firearms; Possession of Unregistered Ammunition; Possession of Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices	Guilty – one charge: Interstate Communication of Threats.	28 months in jail. Date: December 14, 2021	From Colorado. Alleged to have brought a compact Tavor X95 rifle, two handguns, a "vial of injectable testosterone", and about 320 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition. He allegedly texted acquaintances that he was "gonna run that cunt Pelosi over while she chews on her gums" or "[put] a bullet in her noggin on [l]ive TV", that he "may wander over to [D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser]'s office and put a 5.56 in her skull", and that he "predict[s] that within 12 days, many in our country will die", as well as later texting a photo of himself in blackface. He had previously protested outside of Georgia governor Brian Kemp's home.
April 21, 2021	Jalise Middleton	Federal: Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering or Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence within the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Not Guilty – all charges		From Forestburg, Texas. Arrested together with her husband (Mark Middleton), by the Dallas office of the FBI on charges that include the assault of multiple police officers during the Capitol attack. Body camera footage from the police show that the couple were both wearing Trump campaign hats
April 21, 2021	Mark Middleton	Federal: Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering or Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence within the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Not Guilty – all charges		From Forestburg, Texas. Arrested together with his wife (Jalise Middleton), by the Dallas office of the FBI on charges that include the assault of multiple police officers during the Capitol attack. An FBI report said he had posted a message to Facebook on the day of the incident that referenced the rioters "taking back our house" and concluded with the refrain of "Make America Great Again".
March 6, 2021	Roberto A. Minuta	Federal: Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds	Not Guilty – all charges	54 months’ incarceration, 36 months’ supervised release	36-year-old member of Oath Keepers from Hackettstown, New Jersey, acted as a bodyguard to Roger Stone the morning of the insurrection.
October 20, 2021	Landon Bryce Mitchell	Federal: Obstruction of Justice/Congress; Knowingly Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Disorderly ...ny Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Entering and Remaining on the Floor of Either House of Congress; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building.		27 months’ incarceration, 36 months’ supervised release, $2,000 restitution	Bragged about being "one of the very first" to breach the Capitol, looked inside a senator's desk on the Senate floor, and posed for a photo with Jake Angeli (the "QAnon Shaman"). He had said he expected that the mask he wore at the Capitol would hide his identity; however, another man, arrested July 29 for his participation at the Capitol, identified him to authorities.
January 12, 2021	Aaron Mostofsky	Federal: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Theft of Government Property; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges	Sentenced to eight months in prison, followed by 12 months of supervised release, including 200 hours of community service and $2,000 restitution.	34-year-old son of a Kings County Supreme Court judge, arrested in Brooklyn; he had been seen carrying a Capitol Police riot shield and also told the New York Post "the election was stolen".
January 10, 2021	Eric Gavelek Munchel	Federal: Conspiracy to Commit Obstruction; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Unlawful Possession of a Dangerous Weapon on Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Entering and Remaining in the Gallery of Congress; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges	Sentenced to five years in prison	Aged 30, from Nashville, Tennessee. One of the two men seen carrying plastic handcuffs as they moved through the Capitol. He was pictured in a black cap and holding a fistful of zip ties as he jumped over railing in the Senate gallery. He attended the riot with his mother. He told the Sunday Times the Capitol attack "was a kind of flexing of muscles" and that "the point of getting inside the building is to show them that we can, and we will." In a Jan 24 court filing, federal prosecutors asserted that evidence showed that he engaged in "obstructing Congress, interstate travel in furtherance of rioting activity, sedition and other offenses." Federal judge Beryl A. Howell reversed a previous lower court decision that granted conditional release and ordered him to be transferred to Washington for further hearings.
November 11, 2021	Gregory Lamar Nix	Federal: Engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; civil disorder; Assaulting ... certain officers with a dangerous weapon; and other counts.	Guilty – Assaulting ... certain officers	3.5 years in prison (42 months), 2 years supervised release, $2000 restitution
January 7, 2021	Nicholas Ochs	Federal: Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Destruction of Government Property; Theft of Government Property; Unlawfully and Knowingly Enter Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Buildings or Grounds	Not Guilty – all charges	4 years in prison	The leader of a Proud Boys group in Hawaii.
January 13, 2021	Robert Keith Packer	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct and Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges	75 days’ incarceration, $500 restitution	56-year-old man was arrested in Newport News, Virginia. He had been photographed in a sweatshirt with the anti-Semitic words "Camp Auschwitz", a "death's head" insignia, and the slogan "work sets you free", a phrase notoriously placed at the entrances of a number of Nazi concentration camps. He has been described as a long-time extremist who wore the sweatshirt regularly. Footage of him caused worldwide outrage, as the shirt he was wearing was the most overt sign of antisemitism seen inside the Capitol during the riot. The International Auschwitz Committee, and survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp around the world, welcomed the arrest; Christoph Heubner, the committee's executive director, said that in recent days the man had become the symbol of a political subculture "that glorifies Auschwitz ever more openly and aggressively and propagates the repetition of Auschwitz."
	William Joseph Pepe	Federal: Conspiracy; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Civil Disorder; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds and Aiding and Abetting	Not Guilty – all charges		31-year-old Proud Boys member from Beacon, New York, indicted on January 29, 2021.
	Kerry Wayne Persick	Federal: Knowingly Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Violent Entry or Disorderly Conduct; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Agreed to plea bargain	Sentenced 36 months of probation including 90 days of home detention, a $5,000 fine, and $500 in restitution for Parading .... Other charges were dismissed.
January 15, 2021	Dominic Pezzola	Federal: Conspiracy; Obstructing an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting; Robbery of Personal Property of the United States; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds and Aiding and Abetting; Obstruction of Law Enforcement during a Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting	Not Guilty – all charges	10 years' incarceration, 36 month's supervised release	43-year-old Proud Boys member from Rochester, New York, indicted on January 29, 2021. A widely circulated video appears to show him using a riot shield to break one of the windows in the Capitol. After the event, he allegedly stated he "would have killed anyone they got their hands on, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Michael Pence". He had previously been seen at Proud Boys protests and is an ex-marine. Shouted "Trump won!" after being sentenced on September 1, 2023.
	Guy Wesley Reffitt	Federal: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Obstruction of Justice – Hindering Communication Through Physical Force or Threat of Physical Force	Not Guilty – all charges.	Sentenced to 7 years in federal prison, plus a $2,000 fine and 3 years of supervised release. Date: August 1, 2022	The first defendant to be convicted by a jury (March 8, 2022). Sentenced on August 1, 2022, his sentence was the longest out of all convicted up to that point.
	Thomas J. Robertson	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Aiding and Abetting; Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds	Not Guilty – all charges	87 months’ incarceration, 36 months’ supervised release, $2,000 restitution	One of the two police officers belonging to Virginia's Rocky Mount Police Department who allegedly attended the riot off-duty and posted a picture of themselves inside the Capitol on social media, writing they were "willing to actually put skin in the game and stand up for their rights". A jury would convict Robertson on all six charges on April 11, 2022.
	Nicholas Rodean	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Destruction of Government Property; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges	Found guilty in a bench trial of felony offense of destruction of government property, and six misdemeanor offenses. Sentenced to five years of probation, including 240 days of home detention, and fined $2,048.
	Bradley Francis Rukstales	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed.	Sentenced to 30 days in jail
	Jennifer Leigh Ryan (Jenna Ryan)	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed.	60 days' incarceration; a $10 Special Assessment; Restitution in the amount of $500; and a $1,000 fine. Date: November 4, 2021	She has served as a realtor in northern Texas. She had previously made brazen statements both publicly and on social media that she would never be incarcerated since she had "blond hair and white skin".
January 29, 2021	Diana Santos-Smith	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading, Demonstrating, and Picketing in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed.	Sentenced on January 25, 2022
January 17, 2021	Jon Schaffer	Federal: Knowingly Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority; Disrupting the Orderly Conduct of Government Business; Knowingly Engages in an Act of Physical Violence Against Any Person or Property in any Restricted Building or Grounds; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Engage in an Act of Physical Violence in a Capitol Building; Parade, Demonstrate, or Picket in a Capitol Building	Guilty – Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon (bear spray); The other charges were dismissed. (April 16, 2021)		Co-founder and guitarist of the heavy metal band Iced Earth, surrendered to the FBI in Indianapolis, Indiana. In the days following January 6, Schaffer was identified by music websites as possibly having been inside the building. The other members of Iced Earth issued a statement on January 10 denouncing the attack. Following Schaffer's arrest, Century Media Records removed both Iced Earth and Schaffer's side-project band Demons & Wizards from the roster section of their website and removed both groups' merchandise from their online store, but no official announcement was made that the bands had been dropped from the record label.
	Christian Secor	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Civil Disorder; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Entering and Remaining on the Floor of Congress; Entering and Remaining in the Gallery of Congress; Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – obstruction of an official proceeding	3½ years in prison
	Hunter Seefried	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with Physical Violence Against Property; Destruction of Government Property; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Building	Not Guilty – all charges	Found guilty of obstructing the certification of the 2020 presidential vote, found guilty on four related misdemeanor charges.
January 14, 2021	Kevin Seefried	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges	Found guilty of obstructing the certification of the 2020 presidential vote, found guilty on four related misdemeanor charges.	From Laurel, Delaware. He was photographed carrying the Confederate battle flag through the Ohio Clock corridor and past a portrait of abolitionist Charles Sumner, and was arrested along with his son. The FBI had previously included him in a public list of wanted people. Sentenced to three years.
	Owen Shroyer	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in Capitol Grounds; Obstruct and Impede Passage Through or Within Capitol Grounds	In 2023, changed plea to guilty. Some charges were dropped.		InfoWars host. Charged on August 20, 2021. On September 12, 2023, he was sentenced to 60 days.
	Troy Anthony Smocks	Federal: Threats in Interstate Communications – Contained a threat to kidnap and injure law enforcement officers using a social media service and a threat to kidnap and injure politicians and executives in the technology industry	Guilty – the charge.	14 months of incarceration; 36 months of supervised release and a special assessment of $100. Date: October 22, 2021	He has been charged with 17 other offenses since turning 18.
January 14, 2021	Peter Francis Stager	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting ... Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; Civil Disorder; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building	Pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a deadly or dangerous weapon.	Sentenced to 52 months in prison on July 24, 2023. He was also ordered to serve 36 months of supervised release and pay $2,000.	Stager, 44, of Conway, Arkansas, watched as co-defendants attacked the police line that had been defending the archway opening to a corridor leading from the Lower West Terrace to the interior of the Capitol building and dragged a police officer, facedown and headfirst, out of the line and into the crowd of rioters. Once the others had dragged the officer into the crowd, Stager raised the flagpole that he was carrying and beat the downed police officer, striking him at least three times.
March 19, 2021	Jordan Kenneth Stotts	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed.	24 months' probation with conditions and 60 days' home detention, $500 restitution, and 60 hours of community service. Date: Sentenced on November 9, 2021	31-year-old man from Moorhead, Minnesota. FBI agents had received a tip from people that had viewed the man's entries on the Facebook website, which had photos, statements, and videos of him in Washington, D.C., on January 6 and inside the Capitol Rotunda during the riots.
January 25, 2021	Brandon Straka	Federal: Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building	Guilty – the single charge.	Sentenced on December 17, 2021	45-year-old hairstylist from New York City, founder of the WalkAway campaign, arrested in Omaha, Nebraska by the FBI. The FBI was sent multiple screenshots from his Twitter account, which both endorsed the attack and described his involvement with it, including a video in which he encouraged other rioters to take a shield from a police officer.
March 6, 2021	Isaac Steve Sturgeon	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Civil Disorder; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Obstructing, or Impeding Passage Through or Within, the Grounds or Any of the Capitol Buildings; Engaging in an Act of Physical Violence in the Grounds or Any of the Capitol Buildings	Not Guilty – all charges		32-year-old Montana man, allegedly shoved a metal barricade into multiple police officers at the Capitol. Traveled to and was deported from Kenya after the insurrection.
January 14, 2021	John Earle Sullivan (Jayden X)	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Civil Disorder; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building; Aiding and Abetting	Not Guilty – all charges		Founder of anti-police brutality and pro-racial justice group Insurgence USA. Arrested briefly before being released. He was charged over the content in his videos where he appears to encourage the rioters and excitedly celebrating them advancing through the Capitol. He had previously claimed that he was there to document the actions of the protestors, stating that he was only pretending to be a participant to blend in. Pundits such as Rudy Giuliani and Mo Brooks seized upon his arrest to amplify claims about the involvement of the left in the riot. Despite being called a Black Lives Matter activist and left-wing activist, Black Lives Matter-Utah has denied he is a member, and some left-wing activists have treated him with suspicion in the past due to him stirring trouble and his brother being a pro-Trump activist. The arrest document stated he had made a statement outside the Capitol about "burning this shit down" and "ripping Trump out of office" during a speech he made in August 2020 while pointing to the White House.
March 14, 2021	George Pierre Tanios	Federal: Conspiracy to Impede or Injure an Officer; Assault on a Federal Officer with a Dangerous Weapon and Aiding and Abetting; Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Causing Significant Bodily Injury; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Causing Significant Bodily Injury; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Causing Significant Bodily Injury: Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Not Guilty – all charges	5 months’ and 6 days’ incarceration, 12 months’ supervised release, $500 restitution	39-year-old man from Morgantown, West Virginia. One of the two men charged in connection with the death of Brian Sicknick. Court records show that the men, who had grown up together in New Jersey allegedly worked together to spray the officers with a toxic chemical that temporarily blinded them.
	Devlyn Thompson	Federal: Assaulting ... Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon	Guilty – one felony count: Assaulting ... Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon. (August 6, 2021)	December 20, 2021: 46 months in prison	Washington resident. First participant to plead guilty to assaulting a Metro DC Police officer (along with Scott K. Fairlamb).
	Douglas K. Wangler	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building; Disorderly ... Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges were dismissed.	Sentenced to two years of probation and 60 hours of community service
May 13, 2021	Christopher Warnagiris	Federal: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges		External videos 1st active duty Marine arrested in Capitol siege/WNT, ABC News Active-duty major with the U.S. Marine Corps. The first active-duty service member to be charged in relation to the events of January 6. He allegedly pushed through a line of police officers guarding the Capitol's East Rotunda doors, held them open for others to enter the building, and later pushed a Capitol police officer who attempted to close them.
January 19, 2021	Jessica Marie Watkins	Federal: Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; Obstruction of an official proceeding; Interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder; Conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging duties; Seditious conspiracy	Not guilty	8.5 years in prison	Member of Oath Keepers. One of the three who were indicted for conspiracy for planning their activities, alongside Thomas Edward Caldwell and Donovan Crowl. Eight to ten members of the group entered the Capitol wearing paramilitary gear and moving "in an organized and practiced fashion", according to the indictment. The group communicated with portable devices, with one member allegedly receiving a Facebook message reading "All members are in the tunnels under capital seal them in. Turn on gas." That same person allegedly received directions in navigating the Capitol, including "Tom all legislators are down in the Tunnels 3floors down" and "Go through back house chamber doors facing N left down hallway down steps." One alleged participant radioed to others, "We have a good group. We have about 30–40 of us. We are sticking together and sticking to the plan." Disavowed the Oath Keepers before trial. Went on trial with Oath Keeper leaders Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs. Unlike Rhodes and Meggs, she was acquitted of seditious conspiracy. She was found guilty of the other charges.
	Thomas Webster	Federal: Assaulting ... Certain Officers Using a Dangerous Weapon; Civil Disorder; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon; Disorderly Conduct Within the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence within the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Found guilty by a jury on May 2, 2022, of five felonies and one misdemeanor	Sentenced to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and $2,060 in restitution for assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and four other felonies and one misdemeanor
April 9, 2021	Jonah Elijah Westbury	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building and Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building and Grounds; Disorderly ... Capitol Building and Grounds; Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges		26-year-old man from Lindstrom, Minnesota. Authorities were able to identify him after receiving an anonymous tip about videos he posted of himself inside the Capitol to social media websites TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter.
April 8, 2021	Victoria Charity White	Federal: Civil Disorder; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds	Not Guilty – all charges		39-year-old woman from Rochester, Minnesota. Second person from the Minnesota to be charged in connection to the incident. Investigators cited surveillance video evidence of her and posts she had made on Facebook about her participation.
January 18, 2021	Riley June Williams	Federal: Civil Disorder; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Theft of Government Property; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Not Guilty – all charges	Convicted on six counts	22-year-old woman from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, accused of planning to sell Nancy Pelosi's laptop to the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, the country's main spy agency. The laptop was stolen from a conference room during the Capitol siege. Williams fled her home, telling her mother "she would be gone for a couple of weeks", changed her telephone number, and removed all of her social media accounts. In an affidavit updated January 19, 2021, she was additionally charged with two felonies. On January 21, she was released from custody to live with her mother while awaiting trial. On November 21, 2022, the jury deadlocked on the charge of "aiding and abetting the theft" of Pelosi's laptop but convicted Williams of six other charges.
	Troy Dylan Williams	Federal: Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building or Grounds; Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty – one charge: Parading ... in a Capitol Building. The other charges are dismissed.	Sentenced to three years of probation, 15 days of confinement, 60 hours of community service and $500 in restitution
April 14, 2021	Kyle James Young	Federal: Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Civil Disorder; Assaulting ... Certain Officers; Robbery; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Ingress and Egress in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Act of Physical Violence in the Capitol Grounds or Buildings	Not Guilty – all charges	Sentenced 9/27/22 to 86 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $2,000 restitution
	Stewart Rhodes	Federal: Seditious Conspiracy	Not guilty	18 years in prison	A judge denied his request to delay his trial. Convicted of seditious conspiracy on November 29, 2022.
March 5, 2022	James Fisher	One count of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.	Guilty	3.5 years in prison
March 4, 2022	Jason Riddle	Theft of government property, and parading, demonstrating or picketing at the Capitol.	Guilty	3 months’ incarceration 36 months’ probation $754 restitution 60 days’ community service	A Keene, NH man and former veteran who stole a bottle of wine and a book from the capitol on January 6. Defense attorneys cited Riddle's fight with alcoholism. Prosecutors believed his role in the attack was more serious. Judge Dabney Friedrich called Riddle's actions "irresponsible and egregious," due to the lack of remorse Riddle held for his actions.
	Jeremy Bertino	Seditious conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms as a former felon	Guilty		Member of the Proud Boys
July 27, 2023	Michael St. Pierre	Federal: Civil disorder (felony); destruction of government property; Entering ... Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly ... Restricted Building or Grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds and committing an act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings.
March 10, 2021	Kenneth Harrelson	Federal: Obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging duties; Tampering with documents or proceedings.		4 years in prison
	Tam Dinh Pham	Federal: Parading ... in a Capitol Building	Guilty	45 days in prison	Was fired from his job as a Houston Police Department officer after January 6. Three other criminal charges were dropped by the Department of Justice as part of the plea agreement.
March 31, 2021	Daniel Rodriguez	Federal: Conspiracy against the United States; assaulting a police officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon; obstructing an official proceeding; tampering with documents of an official proceeding	Guilty	12 years 7 months in prison 36 months supervised release $98,927 restitution	Used a stun gun on the neck of Michael Fanone. Judge Amy Berman Jackson called Rodriguez a "one-man army of hate, attacking police officers and destroying property". Ahead of his sentencing, Rodriguez made a rambling 20 minute speech, where he stated that he truly believed a civil war was about to begin. He acknowledged his actions, but did not apologize.

Groups of defendants

• June 10, 2021 – The Los Angeles FBI Field Office arrested and charged six Southern California individuals in relation to the January 6 riots. Of the six individuals, three of them self-identified in Telegram chats as members of the Three Percenters. They are all charged with multiple felonies, including conspiracy, obstructing an official proceeding, and unlawful entry on restricted building or grounds. One of the charged, the former police chief of the city of La Habra, California, was charged with obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder and unlawful possession of a dangerous weapon on Capitol grounds. Two members of the Three Percenters were additionally charged with tampering with documents or proceedings related to their deletion of Telegram chats and content to avoid detection by law enforcement. The six men, along with at least thirty others, were part of a private Telegram group which planned to attack the Capitol on January 6 and conspired to bring weapons.
• June 11, 2021 – The FBI announced arrests and charges for three people, two from Minnesota and one from Iowa, who participated in the events on Jan 6. A man from Minneapolis, Minnesota, faced charges for his alleged actions of breaking through a police line and assaulting two Capitol police officers. According to his charging documents, the man posted photos of himself on Facebook and made claims that he was "beating up cops" while in Washington, D.C. A man from Austin, Minnesota, and his father, a resident of St. Ansgar, Iowa, were arrested without resistance and face charges related to participating in events inside the Capitol building.
• October 4, 2021 – Three men from Lindstrom, Minnesota, were charged with several federal counts for entering the Capitol building and assaulting police officers on January 6. They were among eight people in total from Minnesota charged in connection with the events.

Related activities and proceedings

On January 12, 2021, Adam Newbold, a retired Navy SEAL and the director of firearms training business ATG Worldwide, was questioned by the FBI. On January 6, 2021, he posted a video on the ATG Facebook page in which he described "breaching the Capitol", and on January 12 he shared a second video message in which he described having participated in a "caravan" to the Capitol on January 6 because he was "angry at the direction of our country." He has expressed regret for his participation and said he is cooperating with the FBI.

On April 28, 2021, Brendan Hunt, was convicted of making a death threat against unspecific congresspeople and senators, in a video blog around the time of the Capitol riots. Although Hunt was not in Washington on January 6, federal prosecutors cited the Capitol riots as relevant context that made such a threat more dangerous.

On October 15, 2021, U.S. Capitol Police Officer Michael A. Riley was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice for advising Jacob Hiles to remove incriminating posts from social media. In September 2021, Hiles pleaded guilty to unlawfully protesting in the Capitol. The Capitol Police disclosed that they had known of the investigation into Riley's actions for several weeks, placed him on administrative suspension upon his arrest, and announced an internal affairs investigation into his actions. On October 28, 2022, a jury found Riley guilty of one count of obstruction of justice but was unable to reach a decision on a second charge.

On March 2, 2022, federal prosecutors presented their opening statements in a criminal trial against Guy Wesley Reffitt. Many other defendants were charged with obstruction related to the disruption of the Electoral College vote certification, but Reffitt's trial was "the first time a jury will get to decide whether the charge fits the crime", according to the New York Times. On March 8, 2022, he was found guilty on all five counts: transporting a firearm in furtherance of a civil disorder; obstruction of an official proceeding; entering or remaining in a restricted area or grounds with a firearm; obstructing officers during a civil disorder; and obstruction of justice – hindering communication through force or threat of physical force. Prosecutors sought a 15-year prison sentence, by far the longest among the over 200 other convicted rioters at that time. On August 1, 2022, he was sentenced to 7 years.

On March 23, 2022, Capitol riot suspect Evan Neumann was granted asylum in Belarus "indefinitely". Neumann claimed that he faced "political persecution" in the United States.

On March 9, 2023, Politico reported that an email showed that an agent from the Justice Department had given an order to "destroy 338 items of evidence." The same Politico article also said, "Some of the messages appeared to reveal that FBI agents accessed contacts between defendant Zachary Rehl and his attorney."

In October 2023, Representative Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his role as Speaker of the House, and Representative Mike Johnson was chosen to replace him. On November 17, Johnson announced that Republicans would release the surveillance footage of the attack on the Capitol (previously available upon request to defendants and journalists) to the public. He claimed that doing so would allow people "to see for themselves what happened that day" and to reconsider the government's "interpretation". However, he said that some faces would be blurred to prevent those people “from being targeted for retaliation of any kind”, and that some footage would not be released due to security concerns "related to the building architecture”. On December 5, he reaffirmed at a press conference: "We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ."

By 2023, after several hundred participants had been jailed, tried and convicted for their activities, some House Republicans such as Marjorie Taylor Greene sought to characterize them as "political prisoners." Trump and House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik characterized them as "hostages." Reagan-appointed federal judge Royce Lamberth, who had presided over dozens of the cases, remarked in a January 2024 court filing, in part:

I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved "in an orderly fashion" like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as "political prisoners" or even, incredibly, "hostages." That is all preposterous. But the Court fears that such destructive, misguided rhetoric could presage further danger to our country.

See also

• Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
• Justice for J6 rally
• Public hearings of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack
• 2023 invasion of the Brazilian Congress, whose events have been likened to the U.S. Capitol attack
• Canada convoy protests, whose events have been inspired by the U.S. Capitol attack

External links

• "FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at the U.S Capitol Building". FBI.
• "Capitol Breach Cases". United States Department of Justice. February 4, 2021.